Displaying errors

[Jaan]

Please tell me what do you think about this design.. i mean displaying error.. I want it to be perfect.. Critics now it's time to criticise!

[Xav]

It looks alright. A couple of improvements:

1. The user has nowhere to go from here. Add a link or something to return to another page. Or, even better:
2. Write a script (or perhaps a form) that can be used to send the details automatically, without the user having to bother. I know if I saw that message, I would just leave the site, as they wouldn't be anything else there to do. See?

[Jaan]

oh.. good good.. i'll hide this form with javascript.. thanks for an idea dude

[Xav]

Your welcome - the +rep button's just up there...

[Jaan]

Creative Designs

I made a little demo.. well it's not a demo.. it's real thingy.. but i'm still coding it..
this is better now?

[Xav]

It's nice. Still, somewhere to go afterwards?
Also, the link isn't the most prominent I've seen. Why does it need to be hidden at first?

[Jaan]

Because it don't look very good when it's not hidden.. and it gives an opinion to an user who gets this page.. he/she can send a email.. when he/she clicks on this link.. and he/she dont have to send when he/she don't want.. and this form don't ruin the looks of this error page

[Jordan]

I think the design looks great. Where does the email get sent to?

[John]

I think its a little dull. Perhaps make "Database Error" in red. Moreover, unless in "development" mode, its a bad idea for your error to be that descriptive. A hacker now knows your username and your mysql host. I would simply put: "Sorry, an error has occurred. Please report this to the webmaster by clicking the following link. Thank you." If the actual error is important to you, encrypt the error in a hidden form field, then use your mail script to decrypt the error before it is sent.

[Jaan]

****.. good idea dude..